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Palm
Beach
County
Notables
Advertising
Section,
The
Palm
Beach
Post
Wednesday,
September
15,
1999
Memorial
fund
aims
to
raise
awareness
of
hemochromatosis
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Chris
Cesera,
Brad
Brooks,
Ted
Cambell,
John
Justice,
Fred
Rohwedder
and
Tom
Lambert
(standing,
from
left)
and
Loni
Cambell
and
Les
Honeycutt
(seated)
are
board
members
for
the
Palm
Beach
County
Chapter
of
the
Painting
and
Decorating
Contractors
of
America.
$50,000
donated
to
Humanitarians
Humanitarian
Society
pays
no
salaries
and
has
no
administrative
costs.
For
information,
call
(561)
362-8530.
the
Emergency
Relief
Assistance
Program,
scholarships,
food
for
needy
families
and
Toys
for
Tots.
The
entire
amount
of
the
donation
will
go
to
charity,
as
the
The
Humanitarian
Society
of
Boca
Raton
received
a
$50,000
donation
from
an
anonymous
donor
to
help
pay
for
programs.
The
money
will
be
used
for
Josephine
Thomas
(left),
who
died
in
May,
and
her
daughter,
Sandra
Thomas,
of
the
American
Hemochromatosis
Society
The
Josephine
Bogie
Thomas
Memorial
Fund
has
been
established
for
the
American
Hemochromatosis
Society
in
honor
of
the
former
board
member.
Thomas,
who
died
in
May
of
hereditary
hemochromatosis,
was
active
in
trying
to
raise
awareness
of
the
disease
and
encourage
screening.
Her
daughter,
Sandra
Thomas,
founded
the
Delray
Beach-based
nonprofit
group
with
a
mission
of
identifying
those
who
have
hereditary
hemochromatosis.
Also
known
as
iron-overload
disease
or
iron-storage
disease,
HH
is
the
most
common
life-threatening
genetic
disease
in
the
country,
according
to
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention.
Statistics
show
that
98
percent
of
the
1.5
million
Americans
who
are
estimated
to
have
HH
do
not
know
it.
AHS
board
members
and
medical
directors
include:
Sandra
Thomas,
president;
David
Geise
Snyder,
vice
president;
Cindy
Munn;
Sandra
Spangler;
Joe
Thomas;
Dr.
Geoffrey
Block;
Dr.
Thomas
Clayton;
Dr.
Victor
Herbert;
Jerome
Sullivan;
Michael
Garrick;
Dr.
Yigal
Kaikov;
Dr.
Jeffrey
Murray;
and
Kenneth
Pass.
HH
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New
director
to
head
Children's
Home
Society
team,"
said
Allison
Metcalf,
the
society's
executive
director.
Levy
worked
for
the
Palm
Beach
County
Youth
Service
Bureau
for
several
years
before
coming
to
the
society.
"I
am
very
excited
to
be
a
part
of
such
a
beneficial
organization,"
she
said.
For
information,
call
(561)
844-9785.
The
Children's
Home
Society
in
West
Palm
Beach
has
appointed
Darlene
Levy
as
program
director
of
its
Family
Builders,
Communications
Learning
Center
and
Child
Abuse
Pilot
Project
programs.
"Darlene
brings
much
experience
and
expertise
to
CHS,
and
we
are
very
pleased
to
have
her
as
part
of
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